Canus Surname
Approximately 913 people bear this surname
Canus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 750 | 1:236,190 | 13,757 |
| France | 91 | 1:729,920 | 91,032 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Cânus (1), Cañus (1) & Ćanuš (1) are calculated separately.
Canus (218) may also be a first name.
Canus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Canus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Canus occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Cânus, Cañus or Ćanuš. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Canus? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 388,475th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,981,978 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Canus are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Canus is also the 611,412th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 218 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 750 people, or 1 in 236,190. In Nigeria Canus is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent reside, Rivers, where 4 percent reside and Delta, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in France, where 10 percent reside and The Philippines, where 4 percent reside.
Canus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Canus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Canus surname fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Canus
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